Here is an essential app.bin pack for use in my WDLXTV custom WDTV firmware. The following pack contains the fsck_hfs for HFS/HFS+ users, modules to support XFS and ReiserFS filesystems, and several other filesystem binaries that didn’t fit in WDLXTV.

Simply download core-extras.app.bin, then place it on a harddrive/flashdisk & boot your WDTV with the device connected.

The only additional functionality this adds really is XFS and ReiserFS partition mounting, with hotplugging. HFS/HFS+ users should download and use this, as it includes a binary relating to the HFS. The other included binaries will help advanced users, with such actions as filesystem formatting and tuning.

Limitations:

core-extras.app.bin cannot be on an XFS/ReiserFS drive at boot, this is chicken&egg.

The system will become unstable if you remove the device containing the app.bin.

Hi, I’ve tried your firmware cause I need XFS support but with my great surprise I discovered XFS con’t work. WD don’t detect nothing. I putted core-extras.app.bin on a usb key like your instruction. Could you resolve it…please ! I need for my nas xfs support.
Thanks a lot.
Roberto.

<<< edit: without logs I can’t do anything. Go to wdtvforum for general support. You’ll be able to debug your issues there. –b-rad >>>

paul

April 26th, 2009 07:20

after i put the file in a drive , and booted up wdtv with your mod, it did not ask me anything.
Is the app added to the system automatically?

<<< edit: telnet in and try:cat /tmp/messages.txt | grep 'core-extras'
it will tell you whether its been found or not. –b-rad >>>

oscar

June 23rd, 2009 14:19

When you say: “The system will become unstable if you remove the device containing the app.bin.”

Does that mean I shouldn’t ever remove the device containing the app.bin? I’m new to this, I would like functionality with a HFS+ drive I have, but was wondering what exactly you meant by this.

So even after flashing, the drive that was used for flashing the firmware with the app.bin has to remain attached?

Would appreciate any info you can provide. thanks for you hard work. you guys are friggin genius’!!!

<<< edit: app.bin’s are not flashed, they are loaded like plugins upon boot…if you remove a device containing app.bins that the system believes are loaded stability issues ~may~ arise. If the wdtv is off you can remove whatever you want. –b-rad >>>

oscar

June 23rd, 2009 14:30

relating to my previous comment/question:
is the limitation of the system becoming unstable when removing the device with the app.bin present while the system is still running with other drives connected? will it still be unstable if WDTV is booted with a non-HFS+ drive (so that I have to reboot the system without the HFS+ drive connected in order to avoid instability?)

<<< edit: only removal of devices containing ‘loaded’ app.bins while the wdtv is on ~might~ cause stability issues. –b-rad >>>